9-letter words containing j, a
- rajasthan — a state in NW India; formerly Rajputana and a group of small states. 132,078 sq. mi. (342,056 sq. km). Capital: Jaipur.
- rajputana — a former region in NW India, now making up the principal part of Rajasthan.
- ramanujan — Srinivasa [shree-ni-vah-suh,, sree-] /ˈʃri nɪˈvɑ sə,, ˈsri-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1920, Indian mathematician.
- re-adjust — to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
- reykjavik — a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- sacajawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- sakajawea — ("Bird Woman") 1787?–1812? Shoshone guide and interpreter: accompanied Lewis and Clark expedition 1804–05.
- salt junk — salted beef or pork.
- sand jack — any of a number of containers of sand driven beneath a hull about to be launched as a temporary support and then drained of sand so as to let the hull down onto the launching cradle.
- scrub jay — a crestless jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, of the western and southern U.S. and Mexico, having blue and grayish plumage.
- serjeanty — a form of land tenure in which a tenant holding of the king rendered him exclusive services in a status below that of a knight.
- sjaelland — Zealand.
- smokejack — an apparatus for turning a roasting spit, set in motion by the current of ascending gases in a chimney.
- soda jerk — a person who prepares and serves sodas and ice cream at a soda fountain.
- soerabaja — Dutch name of Surabaya.
- songjiang — a former province in NE China, now a part of Inner Mongolia. 79,151 sq. mi. (205,001 sq. km).
- st. james — a palace in London, England: the royal residence from the time of Henry VIII until the accession of Victoria.
- subjacent — situated or occurring underneath or below; underlying.
- subjugate — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
- taj mahal — a white marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (fl. 1628–58) for his favorite wife.
- tasajillo — a bushy or treelike cactus, Opuntia leptocaulis, of the southwestern U.S., having slender, spiny branches, greenish-yellow flowers, and red berrylike fruit.
- thanjavur — a city in E Tamil Nadu, in SE India.
- tia juana — Tijuana.
- trad jazz — a kind of jazz based on the jazz that was played in the 1920s
- trijugate — having three pairs of leaflets.
- unabjured — not denied or renounced
- unijugate — (of a pinnate leaf) having only a single pair of leaflets.
- unjarring — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
- unjealous — not jealous
- upper jaw — the maxilla or upper part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. In higher vertebrates the upper jaw is fused to the cranium and the lower jaw (mandible)
- vajrayana — a school of Tantric Buddhism of India and Tibet
- vega baja — a city in N Puerto Rico.
- vis major — force majeure.
- vojvodina — an autonomous province within Serbia. 8303 sq. mi. (21,506 sq. km). Capital: Novi Sad.
- wapperjaw — Informal. a projecting underjaw.
- waterjets — Plural form of waterjet.
- wen jiabo — 1942- ; premier of China (2002- )
- wiradjuri — an Australian Aboriginal language, spoken over a wide area of central New South Wales.
- zhanjiang — a city in SW Guangdong province, SE China, on an inlet of the South China Sea.
- zhenjiang — a port in S Jiangsu province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang.
- zhu jiang — a river in SE China, in S Guangdong province, flowing E and S from Canton and forming an estuary near Hong Kong. About 110 miles (177 km) long.